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Spruill heads up Kodak's Entertainment Imaging division
D Brian Spruill has beennamed vice president and general manager of worldwide sales operations andmarketing for Kodak's Entertainment Imaging division.His role includescoordinating the work of four strategic product groups and the company'sworldwide sales and marketing operation.Spruill has held a number ofsales, marketing and strategic planning management posts since joining Kodak ...
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Finding Nemo sinks the competition
Disney/Pixar's FindingNemo made a splash overthe weekend as it scored the biggest ever bow for an animated film, opening onan estimated $70.6m.The latest pieceof wizardry from Pixar, the studio behind Monsters Inc and Toy Story, was doused in critical praise andaveraged $20,924 from 3,374 venues.It is the fifth consecutive number ...
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Columbia Asia to back new film from Stephen Chow
Columbia Pictures FilmProduction Asia (CPFPA) has announced that it is backing the next film fromHong Kong megastar Stephen Chow, an action comedy tentatively titled Kung FuHustle, which is scheduled to startshooting in China on June 27. One of Asia's hottest stars,Chow has directed and acted in a string of hits ...
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The Fog Of War
Dir: Errol Morris. US. 2003. 95minsErrol Morris's latest documentary/essay, The Fog Of War, is a brilliant, nuanced examination of the career of Robert S McNamara, who served as secretary of defence in the US cabinet during the Vietnam War. Owing to its intellectual, moral and political complexity, the film, which ...
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Gaga to produce feature version of Devil May Cry game
In the latest of a string of game-to-film adaptations, arcade game maker Capcom and distributor Gaga Communications have concluded a film option deal for Devil May Cry, a Capcom game series that has sold 4.37 million units internationally. According the terms of the deal Gaga, will have exclusive rights to ...
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The Mother
Dir: Roger Michell. UK. 2003. 112minsA finely-shaded performance from veteran British actress Anne Reid is the shining centre of The Mother, a shrewd and believable portrait of an older woman's belated revolt against a life of quiet desperation. A thoughtful companion piece to the kind of themes previously explored in ...
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Signs And Wonders
Dir: Jonathan Nossiter. Germany. 1999. 108 mins.Prod co: MK2 in association with Arthaus Filmverleih. Int'l sales: MK2. Prod: Marin Karmitz. Scr: Jonathan Nossiter, James Lasdun. DoP: Yorgos Arvanitis. Mus: Adrian Utley. Main cast: Stellan Karsgard, Charlotte Rampling, Deborah Kara Unger, Dimitri Katalifos.Films about marital infidelity are plentiful enough to render ...
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Veteran producer appointed to stimulate Oz industry
Producer Ross Dimsey has been appointed general manager of industry development and investment at Film Victoria, one of Australia's biggest State Government film assistance agencies. He is a past president of the Screen Production Association of Australia and is a former director of Queensland's version of Film Victoria. His credits ...
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Local debuts dominate Galway festival line-up
New Irish films from directors Shimmy Marcus, Karl Golden and Sean Walsh dominate Galway Film Fleadh's initial line-up for its fifteenth edition on July 8-13. These comprise the debut features, Headrush, with Wuzza Conlon, Laura Pyper, Steven Berkoff, and Huey Morgan directed by Shimmy Marcus; The Honeymooners with Jonathan Byrne ...
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Noi Albinoi triumphs in Transylvania
Dagur Kari's Noi Albinoi took the top two prizes at the second Transylvania International Film Festival in Cluj-Napoca.The multiple-award winner from Iceland walked away with both of the festival's main prizes on Saturday May 31, the Transylvania Trophy worth $4,000 and the Romanian critics' prize.There was also a local success ...
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UK Film Council renews slate funding deals
The UK Film Council has renewed its slate funding deals with Fragile Films, Ruby Films and Tall Stories.All three production outfits are now into the second year in their three-year deals, which are reviewed annually.The council's development fund also unveiled slate deals with Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges' Bend ...
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Pathe International boasts 70-plus Cannes deals
Pathe International has unveiled more than 70 Cannes deals across its UK and French slates, with Gurinder Chadha's Pride & Prejudice: The Bollywood Musical, Danny Boyle's Millions and Patrick Alessandrin's Mean Spirit (Mauvais Esprit) amongst the busiest titles.Sandrew Metronome took Pride & Prejudice: The Bollywood Musical for Scandinavia, joining buyers ...
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Film Movement takes Shum's Long Life
New York-based Film Movement has taken all US rights to Mina Shum's Long Life, Happiness And Prosperity. The film is set for limited theatrical release in the autumn and through Film Movement's subscription-based DVD film club.Produced by Christina Jennings and Scott Garvie of Toronto's Shaftesbury Films and Raymond Massey's Vancouver-based ...
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France's Rencontres announces first four titles
The Rencontres Internationales de Cinema has announced four titles out of an eventual twenty which will screen during its upcoming 9th edition July 3-13.The first four films to be signed are Bus 174 from Brazil's Jose Padilha, Extrano from Argentinian Santiago Loza, Ether from India's Velu Viswanadhan and Toutes Ces ...
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Macedonia becomes 29th member of Eurimages
As of July 1, "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" will become the 29th country to join Eurimages, the Council of Europe's pan-European support fund for the co-production, distribution and exhibition of cinematographic works.Consequently, projects involving Macedonian co-producers may be presented for the forthcoming deadline for applications of support on ...
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Dendy, Rialto empty their wallets at Cannes
Australia's Dendy Films picked up six titles while at Cannes including two from Renaissance, director John Curran's We Don't Live Here Anymore, starring the homegrown Naomi Watts alongside Laura Dern, and The Mother, another collaboration between Notting Hill director Roger Michell and controversial writer Hanif Kureshi. Curran's first film, Praise, ...
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Sony plans pay-TV channel in Germany
Sony Pictures is planning to launch its own pay TV channel in Germany and is also interested in collaborating with T-Online on providing content for its video on demand service.Speaking to the German business daily newspaper Handelsblatt, Michael Grindon, president of Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI), stated that he was ...
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Bruce has almighty international openings for BVI
In its first wave ofinternational openings Bruce Almighty grossed $5m over the weekend, scoring three number one bows andbreaking several records along the way.Distributed through BuenaVista International the comedy opened in Italy on a terrific $3.8m from 353screens, scoring the biggest ever bow for star Jim Carrey.In Singapore the film ...
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Universal's 8 Mile stays on top in Japan
Even a typhoonwas not enough to dislodge Universal's 8 Mile from its number one berth in Japan,where in its second week the film grossed $1.7m from 235 venues.The drama slipped a mere 23% and has taken $6m in theterritory. Overall the film's international running total is $116.3m.The spy-spoof JohnnyEnglish grossed ...
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Margaret Menegoz named president of Unifrance
Following a meeting of the directors' board yesterday, French producer Margaret Menegoz has been elected president of French export body Unifrance. The nomination comes after months of speculation and an interim presidency-by-committee that was set up following the sudden death of Unifrance's former president Daniel Toscan du Plantier at the ...